Rodan
(1956)
★ 6.5 IMDb · 196 votes
Year: 1956
Runtime: 72 мин
Country: Japan
Director: Исиро Хонда
Cast: 佐原健二, 白川由美, 平田昭彦, 山田巳之助, 田島 義文, 小堀阿吉雄, 津田光男, 今泉廉, 向井淳一郎, 緒方燐作
Plot
Mining engineer Shigeru investigates the disappearance and death of his fellow coworkers when prehistoric nymphs are discovered emerging from the mines. After an attack on the local village, Shigeru heads deeper into the mines only to make a more horrifying discovery in the form a prehistoric flying creature. Soon a second monster appears as the two converge in Fukuoka.
In the Japanese mining village of Kitamatsu, miners ares starting to disappear deep inside shaft number 8. Some of the men sent to investigate are killed but one who has managed to escape brings back a tale of a giant insect. Soon, the giant prehistoric insects are attacking the village. Not long after, something traveling faster than the speed of sound is found flying in the sky. It is Rodan, a giant flying prehistoric reptile that has come to life. It spreads terror throughout Japan and is seemingly invincible to any weapon they may throw at it.